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UNITED srArEs PATENT? OFFICE JOHN F. GAIL, or Ev'A'Ns'ron, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR 'ro summons comm, on NEW YORK, mm, A CORPQRATION or DELAWAREQUILTING MACHINE Application net September 21, 192a. serial No. 307,450.

This invention relates to quilting machines, and more particularly to aquilting machine which is particularly adapted for sewlng together innerand outer strips of fabric beembodiment of my invention herein disclosedis in a machine which is designed for the purpose of making padded sidewalls for mat tress or cushion boxings or the like; but it will beunderstood that the features of my invention are not limited to amachine for this s ecific purpose, such features being adapta 1e toother machines, such as are often called quilting machines. 1

The present embodiment of my invention includes, generally speaking,mechanism for supporting supply rolls of the strips of mate- 'rial whichare to be sewed together, mecha- -nism for advancing the saidstrips stepby step, and for guiding the said strips into overlapping or superposedassembled relation, sewingamechanism preferably of the chainstitch type,and mechanism for reeling the quilted or sewed-together, assembledstrips.

In sewing machines of the chain-stitch type, the mechanism operates insuch away that the starting end of the sewing medium I or threadprojects from the top or needle side of the sewed material.

In mattress or cushion boxings such as above referred to, it isobjectionable thatthis starting end of the thread should project fromthe top side of the sewed strips, because of the fact that it ispreferable to use the top side as the outside of the boxing.Accordingly, it has heretofore been necessary to cut off each of theprojecting starting-end portions of the thread as close as possible tothe surface of the outside strip of fabric, this operation oftenresulting in considerable loss due to accidental damage to the outerstrip of fabric by cutting the same when attempting to cut the thread.

One of the prlncipal objects of the present invention is, therefore, toprovide mechanism which will automatically cause the starting end of thethread in a series of stitches to project from the lower face of theassembled strip, it being understood that the term lower face refers tothe face of the assembled strips which is remote from the sewing needle.I

Anotherobject of the invention is to provide mechanism which constitutesa part of the sewing mechanism, and which is actuated through the agencyof the sewing mechanism to cause said starting end to pro ect from thelower side or the assembled strips of material. The mechanism foraccomplishing this object forms the subject matter of my co-pendingapplications, Serial No. 306,353, filed September 17 1928, and SerialNo. 402,494, filed October 25, 1929.

Other objects of the invention are to provide improved means forassembling a plurality of strips of material into relatively superposedposition; to provide improved means for advancin the strips step bystep; to provide improve means for clamping the assembled stripstogether adjacent the line of stitching, thereby to facilitate operationof the sewing mechanism; to provide mechanism for. automaticallyreci'procatin the sewing mechanism transversely of the? strips which aresewed together; to provide mechanism for causing the strips to be drawntautthroughout a portion of the length thereof adjacent the line ofstitching, thereby. to insure equal spacing of the. lines 'of stitching;to provide an improved means for reeling the quilted orstitched-together strips into a roll for convenient subsequent use; toprovide means for automatically actuating the various elements of themachine in'cooperating, synchronized relation, and, in general, it isthe object of the present invention to provide an improved machine ofthe type described. v f A v 7 Other objects and advantages of theinvention will be understoodby reference to the following specificationand accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated a quilting machinesuch asabove referred to.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation.

ength of the Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing a part of Fig-.1 on anenlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fi 1. a Fig. 4 is a section onthe line 4-4 of Fi 3. 5 Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of F'gsQand6.

ig. 6 is a section .on-the line 6-6 of Fig 5.

i 7 is a section showing certain parts 7 of Fig. 6 in a changedposition.

Fig. 8 .is a detail section on the line 8-8 of Flg. 7.

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 14

ig. 16 is a perspective of the device shown 5 in Fig. 15. 1

. Fi 17-17 and 18-18, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 19 is a side elevation of the opposite side of a portion of themechanism shown in- Fi' s. 1 and'2. I

ig. 20 is a section on Fig 19. igs. 21 and 22 are sections on the lines21-21 and 22-22, respectively, of Fig. 20. Fig. 23 is a section on theline 23-23 of Fig. 24 is a section on the line2424 of the line 20-20 ofFig 28. ig. 25 is a plan of certain mechanism adjacent the left handside of Fig. 2.

Fig. 26 is an end elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 25, certainparts being broken away to more clearly'illustrate' the structure.

Fig. 27 .is a section on the line 27-27 of Fig. 25.

ig. 28 's a section on the line 28-28 of Fig. 25 t e mechanism beingshown. in a changed position.

Fi 17. Fig. 30 is a section similar to Fig. 29, but

allowing some of the parts in a changed posi- 1on. 1 s Fig. -31'is anelevation on an enlarged scale of a part of the mechanism shown in Fig.17, the parts being shown in a changed position.

Fig. 32 is anelevation of the opposite sid of the mechanism shown inFig. 31.

Fig. 33 is a section at the line-33-83 of Fig. 34is a perspective on anenlarged I 'are rot'atably supported by suitable means gs. 17 and 18 aresections on the lines bodiment of my invention, the supply roll 51 52,through a partof the chute 58 an the strips 51 and 53.

Fig. 29 is a section on the line 29-29 of I I r brought into overlyingor superposed os1- 'tion between the feed rolls 57 and 60, mm

whence they are guided through a gm'dechute 61 to thesewing machinemechanism indiof certain parts of the mechanism shown in 4 Fi 34. I

ig. 40 is a diagrammatic plan of the stri s of material assembled andsewed together y the machine illustrated in the above-described figures.y

Figs.41 and 42 are sections on the lines 41-41 and 42-42, res ectively,of Fig. 40.

' Figs. 43 and 44 are iagrammatic illustrations of the operation ofcertain parts of the mechanism shown in the above-described figures.

Fig. 45 is a section on the line 45-45 of- Fig. 40, extending crosswiseof the assembled strips of material and through one of the lines ofstitching.

Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to Figure 1,myimproved quilting machine consists ofapluralitv of elements preferablymounted on a single base member 50, whereby various units and supportingmembers may be mounted in permanently fixed position relative to eachother. Supply rolls 51,52 and 53 of material ltolie qullted 00 carriedby an upright member 54 'which constitutes a part of t e frame of themachine, and which, as clearly shown, is secured to the said base member50. In the present em- 05 consists of a strip oftextile material,- such'as ticking, which constitutesthe outer rape ofthe strip of boxing sideall which is produced by the machine hereil ilshown. The roll 52consists of a supply ri of suitable padding material, and the supp yroll 53 consists of a strip of suitableinside facing, such as heavymuslin. The strip of ticking 51" is drawn from the supply roll 51 andpasses through a tensioning evice 55 and around suitable guide and feedrolls 56 and 57. The strip of muslin 53 is drawn from the supply roll 53around a guide roll carried'at the 1 lower end of a chute 58, over apart of the said chute 58 and aroundguide and feed rolls 59 and 60,respectively. The strip of padding material 52 is drawn from the su plyroll between The three strips of material are thus cated generally at62,which is operated and reciprocated transversely of the length of thestrips. to sew the same together. Gripping or clamping mechanism,indicatedat 63,- 1s provided-for clamping the three stri s of materialtogether adjacent the line 0 stitching so as to facilitate the operationof thesew ing mechanism. Puller or feedmg'mechanism indicated generallyat 64 is provided for i I mgf the. same forwardly, thereby ing the threesewed-togetherstrips' and.

